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diff --git a/debhelper.pod b/debhelper.pod index 0f628b9e..4723036e 100644 --- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ act on. =head2 Debhelper compatability levels -From time to time, major non-backwards-compatabile changes need to be made +From time to time, major non-backwards-compatible changes need to be made to debhelper, to keep it clean and well-designed as needs change and its author gains more experience. To prevent such major changes from breaking existing packages, the DH_COMPAT environment variable was introduced. @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ This mode is deprecated. =item V2 -Setting DH_COMPAT=2 causes debhelper to consitently use debian/<package> +Setting DH_COMPAT=2 causes debhelper to consistently use debian/<package> as the package tree directory for every package that is built. =item V3 @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Setting DH_COMPAT=3 does everything V2 does, plus: =item - Debhelper config files support globbing via * and ?, when appropriate. To -turn this off and use those characters raw, just prefix with a backspash. +turn this off and use those characters raw, just prefix with a backslash. =item - @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ debhelper to your Build-Depends line in debian/control. =item DH_VERBOSE -Se to 1 to enable verbose mode. Debhelper will output every command it runs +Set to 1 to enable verbose mode. Debhelper will output every command it runs that modifies files on the build system. =item DH_COMPAT @@ -286,12 +286,12 @@ Specifies what compatability level debhelper should run at. See above. =item DH_NO_ACT -Se to 1 to enables no-act mode. +Set to 1 to enable no-act mode. =item DH_OPTIONS Anything in this variable will be prepended to the command line -arguments of all debhelper commands. This in useful in some situations, +arguments of all debhelper commands. This is useful in some situations, for example, if you need to pass -p to all debhelper commands that will be run. If you use DH_OPTIONS, be sure to build depend on "debhelper >= 1.1.17" -- older debhelpers will ignore it and do things you don't want them to. One very |